Snowy sleigh rides, Christmas baking and wami evenings spent by the fire with family and friends, These among many other things are what some may recall what Christmas stands for.

But if you ask a young child what Christmas is about, most likely the answer you will receive is Santa and toys. The true meaning of Christmas has changed greatly due to the materialistic approach of many stores. Christmas has not only lost it’s meaning for many people but it has become so commercialized that it’s hard to even. make sense of what it’s truly meant for.

True, Christmas is a season of giving. But why and when did that become less important? Why do people feel it’s better to receive many gifts compared to watching a loved one open a gift that really means something to them?

There’s nothing better than watching a child’s face light up when you mention the Santa. But it’s truly greater to watch them spend time picking out the perfect gift for his or her mother. Because you know that they’re oh their way to understanding “it is greater to give than to receive.”

The over popularized expensive gift giving needs so much to be replaced by spending time with family and friends because that is a true gift of the holidays. The Christmas tree and remembering that the absolute reason for Christmas is the celebration. of baby Jesus. All that implies the miracles of the season should exchange receiving money and toys for receiving sleigh rides and warm cookies…. The true meaning of Christmas.